Blue Bellied Sapsucker (or F-106)

By:

Mike Shaw

Challenge:

One in the Hand Bird

26 X 52 diamond shape fabric panel. Cut-away pieces from wing base and head profile rotated and re-attached as in a Suruga sail fabrication. Tail tensioning on arch spar as in an Ohashi. Resulting modified delta is a "bird" in a high-speed, wings-in attack profile. Airforce war bird, F106 was a delta wing fighter.

Video Link:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7sF6BqU6Yc1yILA6SUpCXgC64gj1lh9A.be/Kpi3WCHfxxE

If the creator of the submission did not submit a video, the above link will take you to the recorded workshops from the WFGKC

Challenge Details:

One in the Hand Bird

This is a build challenge inspired by Scott Skinner. Start with a diamond-shaped swatch of fabric; 2 units wide, 1 unit tall, end points at 1/2 the height.
With this shape, alter it in any way to make a flyable bird kite.